Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act2017-05-16Introduced in HouseMichael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and related federal law with respect to immigration law enforcement within the United States.

The bill authorizes: (1) states and localities to enact and enforce criminal penalties for immigration violations; and (2) state and local law enforcement personnel to investigate, arrest, and transfer aliens to federal custody.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) make grants to states and localities for equipment, technology, and facilities; (2) construct or acquire additional domestic detention facilities for aliens pending removal; and (3) expand to all states a program that provides for the identification and removal of detained criminal aliens.

The bill provides for: (1) federal custody of inadmissible or deportable aliens upon state or local request, and (2) personal liability immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws.

States and localities shall: (1) notify the federal government of inadmissible or removable aliens encountered by law enforcement personnel, and (2) comply with federal law enforcement information requests.

Specified federal assistance is denied to a state or locality that prohibits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

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